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Need help selecting a scripting language

clsCorwinclsCorwin Registered User regular
edited March 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I work in a maintenance shop, and we just switched over to this new maintenance management software. Our previous software have a function allowing the user to see their total time entered into the system. The new one does not, and I'd like to build a script to do just that.

Offhand I'm thinking PHP, cuz its just what I think of when I think of SQL.

My question is, whats my easiest option, since I don't want to spend too much time on this?

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'd recommend Python, if only for the fact that it's everywhere.

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  • thej3wthej3w Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    How is the data stored in the new software? Does it run off of a web based interface? I'd suggest sticking closely with that that software is coded in if it is web based.

    However, if it is it's own standalone app, it might have it's own type of database which could be hard to get information out of. Let us know more about this application.

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  • clsCorwinclsCorwin Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Its a standalone app that interfaces with SQL Server.

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  • thej3wthej3w Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'd just go with PHP then. You could put it on the same server and if more than one person needs to access this from other computers it would be as easy as having them goto a website. It might be just as easy to do with ASP, if it you're using a windows server.

    You could do python and have it output to html or whatever, but honestly I don't see much of a point. :P

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  • LewishamLewisham Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    If you want it done quick and dirty, just use PHP. 'd recommend Python for this sort of job, but you'd then have to go through the steps of actually learning it.

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